Ngwenya Mine
The Ngwenya Mine is located on Bomvu Ridge, northwest of Mbabane and near the northwestern border of Eswatini. This mine is considered to be the world's oldest.
- Quarry
- Description: ancient mine in southern Africa
- Categories
- Location
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Latitude
-26.20009° or 26° 12′ 0″ south
Longitude
31.0293° or 31° 1′ 46″ east
Open location code
5G5HQ2XH+XP
OpenStreetMap ID
OpenStreetMap feature
landuse = quarry
Wikidata ID
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In Other Languages
From Bengali to Swedish—“Ngwenya Mine” goes by many names.
নেগোওয়েনিয়া খনিBengali
恩圭尼亞礦場Chinese
Ngwenya MineDutch
Miniera di NgwenyaItalian
ヌグウェニャ鉱山Japanese
Kopalnie NgwenyaPolish
Рудник НгвеняRussian
NgwenyagruvanSwedish
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